Ideas for using technology for the good of the gospel

March 1, 2010 in Christian Living, for Churches, Outreach, Pastors

This weekend I’ll be presenting a seminar at the church weekend away on the topic ‘ideas for using technology for the good of the gospel’.

What would you speak about?

In what ways would you encourage your brothers and sisters to use technology?

  • http://youth.stmatts.org.au CJ

    I think it’s kind of the obvious stuff that you’ve already written about in the past, but we’ve found that our Facebook page has had immense benefits for our youth ministry. Kids are saying that they love being able to stay in touch with what’s going on throughout the week (as opposed to simply having Friday and Sunday night contact). It’s been great for keep them up to date with things that are going on, as well as providing ways to encourage them, and people who support our ministry throughout the week.

    We also push the same material though our Twitter feed, but at this stage the Facebook connection is proving more effective (predominantly as the vast majority of our youth kids don’t use Twitter).

    We’re really hoping that Google Voice might come to Aust. so that we can look into using SMS as another effective means of keeping people connected. (Do you know of anything that currently works well in Aust. for this kind of thing?)

  • http://ravingsandranting.blogspot.com/ &rew

    Teaching people how to use an RSS reader. There are plenty of good websites and blogs out there, and with an RSS reader they get the content pushed to them like an email, so they don’t have to search the internet…

  • http://virtualmobiliser.wordpress.com Tony

    I ran a blog with a group of friends for a while – good for our shared interest in movies, music, understanding the Bible (for preaching) and general gospel sharpening. Along with some random silliness, it was refreshing.

    Take a look at Mark Meynell’s (All Souls, London, UK) blog: http://markmeynell.wordpress.com/internet-safety-be-web-wise/ he summarises some useful web blessings.

  • Andrew

    On the subject of RSS feeds, I think teaching people who maintain the church website how to set up their site for RSS would be an excellent skill for them to have.

    Do that in conjunction with showing how to use RSS for an end user’s benefit, and overall, you have a wonderful technological tool.

  • Steven Kryger

    Thanks to all for your suggestions. Today I’ll be sitting down to write the seminar, so if I need any other ideas I’ll be sure to call on you!

  • http://www.lvac.org.au Nate Swift

    Recently I’ve been impressed by the work of Fervr (http://fervr.net) in proving Christian youth with a haven of quality and wholesome content for them to discover. Our youth are enjoying it.

  • http://www.internetevangelismday.com Tony Whittaker

    I’d vote for Facebook, because it really is so universal, and you don’t need to be technical to use it. (THough if only it was less quirky and more configurable!!)

    I made a few suggestions in our latest blog posting:
    http://www.internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/1417

    Blessings

    Tony